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Article: C. J. Cherryh: the ties that bind.(Critical essay)
- Article from:
- Yearbook of English Studies
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
- Author:
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ABSTRACTS
In Destroyer (2005) and Pretender (2006) C. J. Cherryh continues her exploration of loyalty, family ties, feudal devotion, and personal friendship. Further recurrent themes include the community cut off from broader human culture, and the solitary human who takes on alien characteristics so as to serve as the human interface with otherness. The large, empathetic companion animal, the professional judge/assassin, constant travel, and the shifting environment of jump space are other familiar images. The special emphasis here is on the ties that bind in Cherryh's social and physical universe. The essay argues in particular that the author's aim is to ...
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... ... fantasy field has become better. C. J. Cherryh's third Russian fantasy, Yvgenie ... often a bad sign. Not so in this case - Cherryh's skill in characterization and knowledge ... This Russian saga is in fact emerging as Cherryh's most significant work of fantasy ...
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